Defending – 1’s, 2’s, 3’s &amp; 4’s - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Defending – 1’s, 2’s, 3’s &amp; 4’s Defending can sometimes be overlooked by coaches or when braved it can appear sterile, over-organised and/or where the defenders are perfectly positioned and favoured numerically (which may not be reflective of the game.)

Copyright Complaint Adult Content Flag as Inappropriate

I am the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyrighted work described.

Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author.While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server.

Defending can sometimes be overlooked by coaches or when braved it can appear sterile, over-organised and/or where the defenders are perfectly positioned and favoured numerically (which may not be reflective of the game.)

The session here seeks to offer practices that create a variety of situations that defenders may face and encourage repetition of these scenarios that support players, of a variety of ages and abilities to equip themselves, with the coach’s help, for defending and to look at situations where players can practice defending as an individual, a pair and finally as part of a team. The following situations are covered:

Defending against an opponent who is receiving the ball

Defending an opponent who is running at you

Defending when out of balance/disorganised

Defenders making recovery runs

The transition from defending to attacking

Goalkeepers role in defending the goal

Whilst the session follows a progressive three practice plan; identify where your players focus of work should be and then consider which challenges from the challenge list you want to focus your players play towards (remembering that not everyone has to be working on defending – e.g. Session 2 – pitch 1 – try to support in an on-side position & pitch 2 – try to get a shot off early).

In all of your work you may wish to consider:

Do the players ‘Like the Games’? Practices that are enjoyable and motivating often lead to a more sustained, focused practice ethic.

Are the practices ‘Like the Game’? Do the sessions encourage the players to practise in a way that looks like it does in ‘The Game’ of football.